“Morgan Rice has come up with what promises to be another brilliant series, immersing us in a fantasy of valor, honor, courage, magic and faith in your destiny. Morgan has managed again to produce a strong set of characters that make us cheer for them on every page.…Recommended for the permanent library of all readers that love a well-written fantasy.” --Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (regarding Rise of the Dragons)

17 year old Ceres, a beautiful, poor girl in the Empire city of Delos, lives the harsh and unforgiving life of a commoner. By day she delivers her father’s forged weapons to the palace training grounds, and by night she secretly trains with them, yearning to be a warrior in a land where girls are forbidden to fight. With her pending sale to slavehood, she is desperate.

18 year old Prince Thanos despises everything his royal family stands for. He abhors their harsh treatment of the masses, especially the brutal competition—The Killings—that lies at the heart of the city. He yearns to break free from the restraints of his upbringing, yet he, a fine warrior, sees no way out.

When Ceres stuns the court with her hidden powers, she finds herself wrongfully imprisoned, doomed to an even worse life than she could imagine. Thanos, smitten, must choose if he will risk it all for her. Yet, thrust into a world of duplicity and deadly secrets, Ceres quickly learns there are those who rule, and those who are their pawns. And that sometimes, being chosen is the worst that can happen.

SLAVE, WARRIOR, QUEEN tells an epic tale of tragic love, vengeance, betrayal, ambition, and destiny. Filled with unforgettable characters and heart-pounding action, it transports us into a world we will never forget, and makes us fall in love with fantasy all over again.

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"If you thought that there was no reason left for living after the end of THE SORCERER'S RING series, you were wrong. In RISE OF THE DRAGONS Morgan Rice has come up with what promises to be another brilliant series, immersing us in a fantasy of trolls and dragons, of valor, honor, courage, magic and faith in your destiny. Morgan has managed again to produce a strong set of characters that make us cheer for them on every page....Recommended for the permanent library of all readers that love a well-written fantasy."--Books and Movie ReviewsRoberto Mattos

"RISE OF THE DRAGONS succeeds--right from the start.... A superior fantasy...It begins, as it should, with one protagonist's struggles and moves neatly into a wider circle of knights, dragons, magic and monsters, and destiny....All the trappings of high fantasy are here, from soldiers and battles to confrontations with self....A recommended winner for any who enjoy epic fantasy writing fueled by powerful, believable young adult protagonists."--Midwest Book ReviewD. Donovan, eBook Reviewer

From the Author

Morgan Rice is the #1 bestselling and USA Today bestsellingauthor of the epic fantasy series THE SORCERER'S RING, comprising seventeenbooks; of the #1 bestselling series THE VAMPIRE JOURNALS, comprising twelvebooks; of the new vampire series VAMPIRE, FALLEN; of the #1 bestselling seriesTHE SURVIVAL TRILOGY, a post-apocalyptic thriller comprising three books; ofthe #1 bestselling epic fantasy series KINGS AND SORCERERS, comprising sixbooks; of the new epic fantasy series THE WAY OF STEEL; and of the new epicfantasy series OF CROWNS AND GLORY, comprising two books (and counting).Morgan's books are available in audio and print editions, and translations areavailable in over 25 languages.

Morgan's newest releases are ROGUE, PRISONER, PRINCESS (OfCrowns and Glory--Book #2) and ONLY THE WORTHY (THE WAY OF STEEL--BOOK #1) ,the debut of a new epic fantasy series, and ARENA 3, the conclusion of theSurvival Trilogy.

TURNED (Book #1 in the Vampire Journals), ARENA ONE (Book #1of the Survival Trilogy), A QUEST OF HEROES (Book #1 in the Sorcerer's Ring)and RISE OF THE DRAGONS (Kings and Sorcerers--Book #1) are each available as afree download on Amazon! BEFORE DAWN (Vampire Fallen--Book #1) and ONLY THEWORTHY (The Way of Steel--Book #1) are available as a free download via KU.

Morgan loves to hear from you, so please feel free to visitmorganricebooks.com to join the email list, receive 4 free books, receivefree giveaways, download the free app, get the latest exclusive news, connecton Facebook and Twitter, and stay in touch! As always, if any of you aresuffering from any hardship, email me at morgan@morganricebooks.com and I willbe happy to send you a free book!

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Both hero makes nothing but choices to keep himself alive, each time bowing to the will of people whose action he believes he despises.The heroine makes a few good choices, each time followed by a bad choice.Why does this matter to a reader? Well, for my escapism reading I like to care about, or admire, something about at least one main character in a story. Here, the only question is how one or the other will fool her or himself next. Idiots are not worth my reading time

Nor are books in a series with cliffhangers.

Nor are books with multiple miraculous escapes from death that requires willing suspension of disbelief.

Are you looking for a forced romance that doesn't actually develop over time, but instead magically appears?

Do you prefer your novels to have characters who are as shallow as paper plates?

Do you feel like sometimes novels just have too much story to them, forcing you to read about things that are happening?

Then this book is for you!

This book tells the story of a girl who was a slave for less than a day, who became a weapon master to a prince (who, somehow, is the only royal person in this book that has any redeeming qualities. Seriously, everyone in the upper class in this book are just pure evil.) She went from being in line for execution, straight to having a hand maiden. It's like half of the book happened behind the scenes, and we just have to pretend that a competent story is being told.

This book was free (kindle edition) which is it's only saving grace. I wouldn't suggest wasting your time with it, however.

First off this book wasn't edited by anything. The author didn't even turn on auto-correct and scan for words occurring twice in a row and at times it seemed as if the work was crammed through a horrible translation app because there are combinations of words in there that should never happen in the English language. Don't get me wrong, I usually don't bother caring about spelling or grammar mistakes so long as I can understand what's going on, I'm not perfect and shouldn't cast stones, but it was prolific so if that bothers you then you've been warned!

I agree with the review mentioning that usually the worst choices were made by the main characters. The requirement for a suspension of disbelief is mandatory if you plan to read this book and try to take it seriously. As a note, morbid curiosity prompted me to get the next book and it just gets more and more bizzare from here.

So why three stars instead of two or even one? First off, this is almost pure comedy gold if you can get through it. Plus it has given me an idea for a new drinking game; for those of legal drinking age, not pregnant, not on any medications that require them to not drink and are not driving.

Read the book. Gather a group of friends and a lots of booze. Retell the story and for every time someone asks you a question starting with "why" or "how" or even "what on earth" and the response is "Because story!", for, in fact, there is no logical reason anyone would do most of the things in the book...take a shot.

I do not recommend this game with the second book as it would probably give you and your friends alcohol poisoning. Happy reading and cheers!

I think a ten year old wrote this. It's so badly written it's actually comical. I can say that the story itself would be fun if the author had any capacity to draw me into it but it's just so cheesy and contrived there was no way that could happen. For example, lots of people get knocked unconscious during battles which the author describes as them falling to the ground lifeless. Then the main character worries about not killing them. I do not think that word means what you think it does Ms Rice...

The concept was interesting, but the writing was not good enough to keep slogging through. It got to the point where it interfered with the story telling because sentences got repeated slightly differently or words were used incorrectly.

For example, a boy gets whipped and they throw his lifeless body in a cart, then the main character worries that his life will be ruined. Lifeless = dead, but the author is using it instead of unconscious.

There's not a lot of motive for story choices and it jumps around too much. Things happen for Plot Reasons, not because they're understandable or realistic.

I almost read the entire book but decided it had taken enough of my time. I really hate to write a bad review but this story earned it. Most of the characters are flat and lifeless, there were unusual situations that had no explanation (why did the mother hate her? If the father was getting a job in another country and he was going to be gone for years, why not take the family with him?) The heroine kept going from one horrible situation to another with no rhyme or reason. There was never an explanation or motive for anything any of the characters did. Instead of building a good story, the author seemed to be more concerned with describing the feelings the two main characters were going through. Definitely needs a better editor. At one point a witch tells 'You!' to Ceres. Then Ceres asks, "How do you know my name?" ???? There were several more inconsistencies like that. I'm sure there are answers to the questions presented in this book but I have no desire or interest to finish this story.